Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-10-16

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Oct 16
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,734 head
▲ 3,626 vs last sale 1,108▲ 4,025 vs year ago 709 · +567.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 160▲ 30 vs year ago 70 · +42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A very large offering of yearling steers and heifers sold on a very active market, steers and heifers too lightly tested last week to make a good, accurate price comparison. Steer and heifer calves sold with a lower undertone, heavy rains last week have made for very muddy and soft ground conditions which had an effect on the calf market here today. Many long strings of high quality yearling steers and heifers in the offering, one string of nearly 800 head, allowed buyers to make full feedyard pens of uniform cattle from one outfit, many other full load and multiple load lots offered. Flesh condition ranged from moderate to moderate plus, few light fleshed. The quality of calves was a little uneven, which created an uneven market as buyers are not willing to chase the market to buy a calf without fall preconditioning shots, carrying too much flesh, or just not top quality. The market was active on those top quality calves, less active on the others. Slaughter cows mostly steady, bulls 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $241.23/cwt on 2,382 head.
Average price
$241.23
2,382 head · 848 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,045
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$612
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$75.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−38.80
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2572285.841,634105
Medium and Large 1840248.472,0871,677
Medium 1562248.001,39418thin
Medium and Large 2565215.711,218160
Large 11,066210.732,246422
One grade step is worth $75.10/cwt here — about −$612 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2,382 hd
241.23
—
SD average9 barns · 16,764 hd
280.03
−38.80
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,982109.842,17711
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,532109.421,67619
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,48389.701,3319thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20177.3893072

Every lot

93 lots · USDA AMS · Sioux Falls Regional Cattle Auction - Worthing, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1291402.79/cwt395.00–415.001,17210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2299350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0477
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2346356.74/cwt335.00–365.001,23425
Steers—Medium and Large 2351255.00/cwt255.00–255.0089520
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed377400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5088
Steers—Medium and Large 1379357.07/cwt330.00–375.001,35328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3419
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy403320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2907
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy418370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,54714
Steers—Medium and Large 2422220.00/cwt220.00–220.0092830
Steers—Medium and Large 1440332.95/cwt325.00–340.001,46513
Steers—Medium and Large 1471311.60/cwt280.00–335.001,46856
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4945
Steers—Medium and Large 1524298.99/cwt292.50–312.501,56732
Steers—Medium and Large 2543206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,11957
Steers—Medium and Large 1562282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,5889
Steers—Medium 1562248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,39418
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy564212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,1997
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2597245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4638
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616226.67/cwt214.00–250.001,39614
Steers—Medium and Large 1623260.38/cwt250.00–285.001,62238
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned654220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4398
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6268
Steers—Medium and Large 2667207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,38128
Steers—Medium and Large 1678246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6688
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2762256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,95115
Steers—Medium and Large 1785256.76/cwt240.00–262.002,01698
Steers—Medium and Large 1830250.43/cwt236.50–253.252,079408
Steers—Medium and Large 2842211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,77725
Steers—Medium and Large 1873230.52/cwt224.50–234.502,012198
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2903201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,8155
Steers—Medium and Large 1916238.03/cwt226.00–239.002,18066
Steers—Medium and Large 1960230.72/cwt217.00–243.002,215669
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2978222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,1719
Steers—Large 11,010218.83/cwt215.00–219.002,210302
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,035210.50/cwt210.50–210.502,17921
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,194182.85/cwt182.00–183.502,18346
Steers—Large 11,224191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,33818
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,292188.50/cwt188.50–188.502,43523
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,367186.50/cwt186.50–186.502,54912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1271337.67/cwt315.00–345.0091512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2292270.00/cwt270.00–270.007886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315310.00/cwt310.00–310.009776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361319.62/cwt305.00–327.501,15436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2396237.00/cwt237.00–237.0093926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432306.78/cwt285.00–316.001,32549
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439295.74/cwt280.00–307.501,29814
Heifers—Medium 1445267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,1906
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462209.00/cwt209.00–209.0096635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471289.39/cwt270.00–305.001,36342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy471284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,3389
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518264.37/cwt252.00–282.001,36924
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523186.00/cwt186.00–186.0097323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full561241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564259.08/cwt257.50–261.001,46111
Heifers—Medium 1567233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,32113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567219.19/cwt197.50–229.001,24323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616247.69/cwt239.00–252.001,52619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,70688
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2722211.40/cwt209.00–214.501,52619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723244.84/cwt235.00–246.101,770247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,7685
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy788218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,71816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1804227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,82969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy822223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,833128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2839216.71/cwt214.00–226.001,81848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy871218.22/cwt213.00–220.001,90185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1883228.83/cwt221.00–231.502,021297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy915212.24/cwt211.00–213.501,942301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1927214.21/cwt212.50–215.501,98684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2936208.90/cwt204.00–210.751,95525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1979215.36/cwt204.00–219.002,108149
Heifers—Large 11,023203.50/cwt203.50–203.502,08223
Heifers—Large 1-21,040181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,8829
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,077176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,8965
Heifers—Large 11,123189.50/cwt189.50–189.502,12816
Heifers—Large 11,156186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,1505
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,200182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,1845
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,256186.50/cwt186.50–186.502,34219
Heifers—Large 11,260187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,3569
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,824103.96/cwt101.00–106.001,8964
Bulls——2,023112.08/cwt111.00–114.502,2675
Bulls——2,130126.00/cwt126.00–126.002,6841
Bulls——2,265106.00/cwt106.00–106.002,4011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09853.41/cwt42.50–69.0058620
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19380.88/cwt75.00–86.5096529
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30293.80/cwt91.00–97.001,22123
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,395116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,6181
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,395100.29/cwt98.00–104.001,3993
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,504110.87/cwt107.00–113.001,66715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,55478.09/cwt72.00–91.001,2145
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,570115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,8062
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,70593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,5862

This sale against other markets

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.